Re: Precompiled Windows-Binaries with Large-Secmem-Support

2021-01-03 Thread Werner Koch via Gnupg-users
> I merely asked why the official Windows binaries (at least those > inGPG4Win) are not compiled with the already existing option > "enable-large-secmem", which would allow keys up to 8192bit in batch That option has only been introduced to satisfy the needs of a few nerds and for helping with

Re: Precompiled Windows-Binaries with Large-Secmem-Support

2021-01-03 Thread karel-v_g--- via Gnupg-users
> > "Because I think it would be cool" is a good answer if you're the one > writing the patch and volunteering to do long-term support of it. All > other people need to be able to answer it. > Hello! I suspect the tone of your reply and the fact that you put me near script kiddies is due to the

Re: Precompiled Windows-Binaries with Large-Secmem-Support

2021-01-02 Thread Robert J. Hansen via Gnupg-users
> I know there are and have been fierce discussions about the useful > length of RSA-Keys. I don't want to dive deeper into that, and I hope > this special question has not been discussed recently: If you're going to propose a change like that, you need to make a case for it. * Who currently is

Re: AW: WINDOWS - Adding passphrase to gpg via command line

2016-06-17 Thread Peter Lebbing
Hi, On 17/06/16 11:25, Mike Kaufmann wrote: > The hint with the homedir did the trick - you are my hero! Ah that's really great! > gpgconf --kill gpg-agent I read that in v2.1.13, gpgconf gains an option "--homedir" as well. So starting with that release, I'd advise to include the --homedir

Re: AW: WINDOWS - Adding passphrase to gpg via command line

2016-06-15 Thread Peter Lebbing
Hi, > Any further ideas? I am despairing slowly but surely... When I purposely enter the wrong passphrase, the PRESET_PASSPHRASE command succeeds, but subsequently the pinentry will pop up to prompt for the correct passphrase when I try to do anything with the key. So you might have a mistake

Re: AW: WINDOWS - Adding passphrase to gpg via command line

2016-06-10 Thread Werner Koch
On Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:23, m.kaufm...@infotech.li said: > Gibt es eine Möglichkeit, den KeyGrip aus dem KeyRing z.B. via > --homedir zu ermitteln? Example: $ gpg --with-keygrip --with-fingerprint --with-colons -k 1e42b367 tru:o:1:1465230074:1:3:1:5

re: MS windows and gnupg

2011-09-19 Thread vedaal
Robert J. Hansen rjh at sixdemonbag.org wrote on Sat Sep 17 10:33:54 CEST 2011 : I've yet to meet a Windows C/C++ developer who was unable to get MinGW set up, especially since MinGW moved to a much more convenient installer model Apparently, the installer model is so good, that it installs

Re: MS windows and gnupg

2011-09-17 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 9/17/2011 3:51 AM, M.R. wrote: I agree with you to some extent. I also happen to believe there are ways of tamper-resistant distribution of binaries that require the trust in the application provider and no one else; at least not someone else in the distribution channel. In addition, the

Re: For Windows

2011-03-14 Thread Remco Rijnders
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 09:06:20AM +1100, Ben McGinnes wrote: Although I've received other email from the OP that did not include the footer, so now I'm curious to know where it came from, especially since he is using the GMail MX servers. Hi Ben, I exchanged a few emails off list with the

Re: For Windows

2011-03-14 Thread Werner Koch
On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:40, k...@grant-olson.net said: - GPG4WIN is the right package to install gpg2 on windows, so you've got the right installer. It's a shame GPA doesn't work with a screen reader. What is the problem with GPA? It is a plain gtk+ application and thus should have the same

Re: For Windows

2011-03-14 Thread Jonathan Ely
I use a screen reader called JAWS For Windows. The GUI is not screen reader accessible, meaning I can not use the Arrow keys, Tab, Shift+Tab and any other navigational keys to use the GPA utility like you can with the mouse. I really hate that; people have no idea how much it annoys me. I might

Re: For Windows

2011-03-14 Thread Jonathan Ely
I think I made the mistake of using HTML format the first time then learnt my signature failed to validate. I realised it was because of the HTML check box being checked; thus, I have disabled that. I have also disabled the text signature for replies. On 14/03/2011 02:24 AM, Remco Rijnders wrote:

Re: For Windows

2011-03-14 Thread Jerry
On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 15:28:02 -0700 Doug Barton do...@dougbarton.us articulated: [snip] This entire thread breaks down to a few simple principals of which the most prominent one is if you are going to become a slave to the past. While one's method may be more circuitous than another's is

Re: For Windows

2011-03-14 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 3/14/2011 8:23 AM, Jerry wrote: The point being that at some point you have to move on. Yes, exactly. At some point *you* have to move on -- but you don't get to say if, or when, other people decide to move on. For the time being, a lot of people are still on platforms that use outdated

Re: For Windows

2011-03-14 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:57, thaj...@gmail.com said: I use a screen reader called JAWS For Windows. The GUI is not screen reader accessible, meaning I can not use the Arrow keys, Tab, Shift+Tab I see that you are talking about GPA for Windows. It is quite possible that this is not up to what the

Re: For Windows

2011-03-14 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:23, gnupg.u...@seibercom.net said: Perhaps a possible solution would be to freeze GNUPG at its present state of development. Now, start the creation of a new branch that Fortunately this is not required. GnuPG does not know about mail; it does not even know about

Re: For Windows

2011-03-14 Thread Jerry
On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:17:59 -0400 Robert J. Hansen r...@sixdemonbag.org articulated: On 3/14/2011 8:23 AM, Jerry wrote: The point being that at some point you have to move on. Yes, exactly. At some point *you* have to move on -- but you don't get to say if, or when, other people decide

Re: For Windows

2011-03-14 Thread Werner Koch
On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:17, r...@sixdemonbag.org said: Inline signatures /are/ standards. RFC 4880 is far newer than RFC 3156: by your logic, 4880 should supersede 3156 and we should all move to the current standard and abandon 3156 support. You are mixing the MIME standards with the OpenPGP

Re: For Windows

2011-03-13 Thread Aaron Toponce
On 03/13/2011 05:42 AM, Jerry wrote: Actually, it is a fine example of users/MUAs not correctly formatting e-mail messages thereby forcing the use of a deprecated method. [citation required] -- . o . o . o . . o o . . . o . . . o . o o o . o . o o . . o o o o . o . . o o

Re: For Windows

2011-03-13 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 06:05:12 -0600 Aaron Toponce aaron.topo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Aaron, On 03/13/2011 05:42 AM, Jerry wrote: Actually, it is a fine example of users/MUAs not correctly formatting e-mail messages thereby forcing the use of a deprecated method. [citation required] See

Re: For Windows

2011-03-13 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Sunday 13 March 2011 at 12:56:53 PM, in mid:20110313125653.03671...@abydos.stargate.org.uk, Brad Rogers wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 06:05:12 -0600 Aaron Toponce aaron.topo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Aaron, On 03/13/2011 05:42 AM, Jerry

Re: For Windows

2011-03-13 Thread Aaron Toponce
On 03/13/2011 06:56 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 06:05:12 -0600 Aaron Toponce aaron.topo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Aaron, On 03/13/2011 05:42 AM, Jerry wrote: Actually, it is a fine example of users/MUAs not correctly formatting e-mail messages thereby forcing the use of a

Re: For Windows

2011-03-13 Thread Jerry
On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 08:19:58 -0600 Aaron Toponce aaron.topo...@gmail.com articulated: On 03/13/2011 06:56 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 06:05:12 -0600 Aaron Toponce aaron.topo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Aaron, On 03/13/2011 05:42 AM, Jerry wrote: Actually, it is a

Re: For Windows

2011-03-13 Thread Aaron Toponce
On 03/13/2011 08:57 AM, Jerry wrote: Outlook Express has been replaced by Windows Mail, an improved e‑mail program with enhancements such as junk e‑mail filtering and protection against phishing messages. Why are we even discussing a product that in not and has not been available for quite

Re: For Windows

2011-03-13 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:21:36 -0600 Aaron Toponce aaron.topo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Aaron, I'm just trying to figure out why people keep saying inline signatures are deprecated, when no documented evidence has come forth showing the Ah, I did indeed misunderstand what was intended. I first

Re: For Windows

2011-03-13 Thread Ben McGinnes
On 13/03/11 10:42 PM, Jerry wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:21:43 +1100 Ben McGinnes b...@adversary.org articulated: Yes, this is a fine example of why in-line still has a place in the world. Actually, it is a fine example of users/MUAs not correctly formatting e-mail messages thereby

Re: For Windows

2011-03-13 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:57:16 -0400 Jerry gnupg.u...@seibercom.net wrote: Hello Jerry, Why are we even discussing a product that in not and has not been That's my fault. A misunderstanding of what was being asked for. -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is /

Re: For Windows

2011-03-13 Thread Doug Barton
On 03/13/2011 07:57, Jerry wrote: Outlook Express has been replaced by Windows Mail, an improved e‑mail program with enhancements such as junk e‑mail filtering and protection against phishing messages. Why are we even discussing a product that in not and has not been available for quite some

Re: For Windows

2011-03-13 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Sunday 13 March 2011 at 3:54:28 PM, in mid:4d7ce8b4.5090...@adversary.org, Ben McGinnes wrote: Also, let's not continue the in-line is deprecated argument, just because PGP/MIME may be better (personally I agree that it is better). On

Re: For Windows

2011-03-13 Thread Ingo Klöcker
On Sunday 13 March 2011, Ben McGinnes wrote: On 13/03/11 7:24 AM, MFPA wrote: Or simply use pgp-inline so that the disclaimer comes after the signature. Yes, this is a fine example of why in-line still has a place in the world. I disagree. This very mailing list demonstrates how to add a

Re: For Windows

2011-03-13 Thread Jerry
On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:37:17 -0700 Doug Barton do...@dougbarton.us articulated: On 03/13/2011 07:57, Jerry wrote: Outlook Express has been replaced by Windows Mail, an improved e‑mail program with enhancements such as junk e‑mail filtering and protection against phishing messages. Why

Re: For Windows

2011-03-13 Thread Ben McGinnes
On 14/03/11 5:19 AM, Ingo Klöcker wrote: On Sunday 13 March 2011, Ben McGinnes wrote: On 13/03/11 7:24 AM, MFPA wrote: Or simply use pgp-inline so that the disclaimer comes after the signature. Yes, this is a fine example of why in-line still has a place in the world. I disagree. This

Re: For Windows

2011-03-13 Thread Grant Olson
On 03/13/2011 10:57 AM, Jerry wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 08:19:58 -0600 Aaron Toponce aaron.topo...@gmail.com articulated: On 03/13/2011 06:56 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 06:05:12 -0600 Aaron Toponce aaron.topo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Aaron, On 03/13/2011 05:42 AM,

Re: For Windows

2011-03-13 Thread Doug Barton
On 3/13/2011 1:02 PM, Jerry wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:37:17 -0700 Doug Bartondo...@dougbarton.us articulated: On 03/13/2011 07:57, Jerry wrote: Outlook Express has been replaced by Windows Mail, an improved e‑mail program with enhancements such as junk e‑mail filtering and protection

Re: For Windows

2011-03-13 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 3/13/2011 4:02 PM, Jerry wrote: So I am naive, then what are you? You CC'd me even though I specifically stated that off-list replies are basically ignored. In following with my basic procedure for unwanted e-mails like that, I reported it as SPAM. Well, it's not exactly unsolicited,

Re: For Windows

2011-03-12 Thread Remco Rijnders
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 04:56:11PM -0700, Aaron Toponce wrote: On a side note, you may wish to re-evaluate your email signature. Confidentiality notices are usually annoying to most recipients, especially on mailing lists, where the email is publicly accessible on the Internet for all to see.

Re: For Windows

2011-03-12 Thread MFPA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi On Saturday 12 March 2011 at 11:29:34 AM, in mid:348.1...@winter.webconquest.com, Remco Rijnders wrote: And as a further side note... the GPG-signature failed to validate, most likely due to the legalise bla-bla signature being inserted in

Re: For Windows

2011-03-12 Thread Olav Seyfarth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Hi Jonathan, I can not find an executable for 2.0.17 for Windows http://gpg4win.org/download.html , but later you wrote that you installed (and uninstalled) it already. In fact, gpg4win 2.1.0-rc2 comes with GnuPG 2.0.17. The 2.x series MUST

Re: For Windows

2011-03-12 Thread Ben McGinnes
On 13/03/11 7:24 AM, MFPA wrote: Or simply use pgp-inline so that the disclaimer comes after the signature. Yes, this is a fine example of why in-line still has a place in the world. Regards, Ben signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: For Windows

2011-03-11 Thread Aaron Toponce
On 03/11/2011 01:50 PM, Jonathan Ely wrote: Hello. I use Enigmail, so of course I have GnuPG installed. I use 1.4.9 because [1] I can not find an executable for 2.0.17 for Windows, and [2] I do not know how to configure the GPG-agent. Can somebody please assist me with upgrading to 2.0.17 and

Re: For Windows

2011-03-11 Thread Grant Olson
On 3/11/11 3:50 PM, Jonathan Ely wrote: Hello. I use Enigmail, so of course I have GnuPG installed. I use 1.4.9 because [1] I can not find an executable for 2.0.17 for Windows, and [2] I do not know how to configure the GPG-agent. Can somebody please assist me with upgrading to 2.0.17 and

Re: Update: Windows commandline abnormality

2007-05-30 Thread Hideki Saito
I found the problem. The path as installed by gpg4win specifies c:\program files\gnu\gnupg\pub, and that binary somehow shows that behavior. Changing the path to c:\program files\gnu\gnupg\ solved that problem. (Copying the message to the gpg4win list, as well...) Just so I can make it clear,

Re: Summary: Windows GUI recommendation for USB disk

2006-11-03 Thread Ryan Malayter
On 11/2/06, Henry Hertz Hobbit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 7-zip, like most zip programs encryption doesn't even come close to the level of protection that you are getting with GnuPG. Even if you are using the lowest level cipher GnuPG provides, it is a quantum leap over the zip programs

Re: Summary: Windows GUI recommendation for USB disk

2006-11-03 Thread David SMITH
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 09:40:21AM -0600, Robert J. Hansen wrote: The threshold just to break AES128 is so immense that it may as well be a brick wall; ...at the moment. One Xbox360 runs more FLOPS than the world's fastest supercomputer of little more than a decade ago (a fact that I still

Re: Summary: Windows GUI recommendation for USB disk

2006-11-03 Thread Robert J. Hansen
David SMITH wrote: ...at the moment. Welcome to the Second Law of Thermodynamics! Enjoy your stay. By the Second Law, every time a bit of information is erased you have to pay the entropy tax of (kT * ln 2) J. Let's assume that for each key you try, you have to erase 1000 bits of

Re: Summary: Windows GUI recommendation for USB disk

2006-11-03 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 09:40 -0600, Robert J. Hansen wrote: Ryan Malayter wrote: When encrypting to a *.7z file, 7-zip uses AES-256 in CBC mode, with a passphrase-to-key function based on SHA-256. This is actually stronger than most cipher preferences on OpenPGP keys. This may be just my

Re: Summary: Windows GUI recommendation for USB disk

2006-11-02 Thread Mica Mijatovic
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA224 Was Wed, 1 Nov 2006, at 20:43:19 -0800 (PST), when Robert Eden wrote: My tool prompts the user for a pass-phrase (twice), places some simple restrictions on the pass-phrase (10 characters, 3 words), and opens up a dialog box. The user

Re: GnuPG (Windows XP) Problem

2006-08-18 Thread John Clizbe
1wing-angel wrote: Hi, I have a problem. I have 2 computers and I set one up with GnuPG(GPG) with a key. I use Thunderbird to send and receive encrypted email with no problems. The second computer is not set with any key. I want to setup the second computer with with the Same email like

Re: New Windows Binary?

2006-07-25 Thread Werner Koch
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 21:43, Bob Henson said: I read some days ago on the GPGee forum that a new Windows binary would be released to correct the change in GPG 1.4.4 that broke GPGee. Is it around/about to appear? I have some files encrypted using GPGee and No. However, I released gpg4win 1.0.4

Re: New Windows Binary?

2006-07-25 Thread Bob Henson
Werner Koch wrote On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 21:43, Bob Henson said: I read some days ago on the GPGee forum that a new Windows binary would be released to correct the change in GPG 1.4.4 that broke GPGee. Is it around/about to appear? I have some files encrypted using GPGee and No. However,

Re: eudora, windows xp, and gpg

2006-03-02 Thread John Clizbe
Karl Berry wrote: Greetings, A colleague is stuck using Windows (XP), and prefers Eudora (she has version 6.2.3.4, which I believe is the latest) to read mail. She only needs to decrypt occasional gpg/pgp-signed messages. Any advice on the easiest way to do this would be gratefully

Re: eudora, windows xp, and gpg

2006-03-02 Thread Two Sank
Karl, I have been using Winpt on W2000 in conjunction with Eudora without problems. I have not heard of problems with Windows XP. You are right, the sourceforge version is out of date. Timo Shultz seems to maintain it separately for some reason. Try http://wald.intevation.org/projects/winpt/